四级考试阅读备考笔记（68）

　　63. The author s purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children _________.

　　A) usually obey without asking questions

　　B) are passive in the process of learning to speak

　　C) are born cooperative

　　D) learn to speak by listening

　　注：段落主题题。

　　64. From the passage we learn that _________.

　　A) early starters can learn to speak within only six months

　　B) children show a strong desire to communicate by making noises

　　C) imitation plays an important role in learning to speak

　　D) children have various difficulties in learning to speak

　　65. The best title for this passage would be _________.

　　A) How Babies Learn to Speak

　　B) Early Forms of Language

　　C) A Huge Task for Children

　　D) Noise Making and Language Learning

　　注：标题题。

　　Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage:

　　It is, everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation.

　　注：1.everyone agree 大众观点。

　　2.challenge 挑战，难以解释。

　　61. By ... challenges explanation the author means that _________

　　A) no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon

　　B) no explanation has been made up to now

　　C) its no easy job to provide an adequate explanation

　　D) its high time that an explanation was provided

　　注：1.首句提出的观点和事实是矛盾的关系，所以选C。

　　2.no+名词结构是绝对化选项，最好不选,所以排除A和B项。

　　3.its high time that 早该做...后面接虚拟语气。